Nicky Butt

InfoNicholas "Nicky" Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Manchester United reserve team and co-owner of Salford City.

United's first departure of the 2004-05 season was Mark Lynch, who signed for Sunderland on 14 July.Almost a fortnight later, Nicky Butt left United for Newcastle United after twelve years.…

Between 1989 and 1993 he worked for Manchester United as their youth team coach, developing the considerable skills of teenage prodigies such as David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, and Paul Scholes.Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil also came through at this time.In 2000, Stiles was awarded his MBE after a campaign by sections of the media who were surprised that five of the 1966 team had never been officially decorated for their achievements.…

This season also saw the departure of captain Nicky Butt who opted to retire from football, and Fabrice Pancrate due to his contract expiring and no new deal being agreed.

Midway through the first half, Beckham was booked by referee Graham Barber for dissent.Moments after Nicky Butt was involved in a brawl with Martin Keown, after the latter nearly caught Butt's face with his boot.Both players were booked for confronting each other, as was Vieira for getting involved.…

They blew another chance to go top on 28 December when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by second-from-bottom Leicester City.They finished the year with a 2-2 draw at Southampton, in which 19-year-old midfielder Nicky Butt scored his first senior goal.…

It was short-lived, however; in the 18th minute, Nicky Butt conceded a free-kick for a foul on Vieira.

Nolan was named as the new Newcastle United club captain for the 2010-11 season, succeeding the retired Nicky Butt.Nolan scored his first goals of the season as he netted a brace in Newcastle's 6-0 win against Aston Villa in their first home game.…

Ince's sale caused massive unrest among United supporters, and the discontent deepened when United turned to the much younger Nicky Butt as his successor rather than buying a more experienced player.A similar uproar followed the subsequent sale of Ince's team mates Mark Hughes and Andrei Kanchelskis, although the younger players who filled their places in the team contributed greatly to United's "double double" success in the 1995-96 season as well as the triumphs of subsequent seasons.…

The summer of 1995 saw a period of change at United, with Ince leaving for Internazionale, Mark Hughes moving to Chelsea and Andrei Kanchelskis being sold to Everton.Younger players such as David Beckham, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes were brought into the team, which left Keane as the most experienced player in midfield.Despite a slow start to the 1995-96 campaign, United pegged back title challengers Newcastle United, who had built a commanding twelve-point championship lead by Christmas, to secure another Premier League title.…

The final was also the last game that Paul Ince and Mark Hughes (who had contributed greatly to United's successes under the management of Alex Ferguson) played for United, as they both moved to new clubs within weeks of the final.However, the game saw some promising performances from breakthrough players Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, who would all go on to win numerous major honours for the club.Neville and Scholes (along with Ryan Giggs) were the United players who featured in the final and were still with the club 15 years on.…

The season also saw the breakthrough of young players Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, who provided excellent cover for the long periods that United were left without some of their more experienced stars.However, the championship slipped out of Manchester United's grasp as they drew 1-1 with West Ham United on the final day of the season, when a win would have given them the a third successive league title.…

United took an early lead through Nicky Butt, only for Liverpool's Robbie Fowler to score twice and give the visitors a 2-1 lead.However, United were awarded a penalty in the 71st minute and Cantona converted it successfully, forcing a 2-2 draw.…

He also scored an away goal against Internazionale in the Champions League quarter-final.He came on as a substitute in the second leg of the semi final against Italian club Juventus as Sir Alex Ferguson opted for Nicky Butt in the starting line up.He picked up a yellow card which ruled him out of the final victory over Bayern Munich through suspension.…

An hour into his debut presented him with a chance to score from a dubious penalty, but he hit the post and blasted the rebound wide.What seemed like a pulsating draw turned out to be business as usual for the champions, who scored twice in the last ten minutes from a Nicky Butt strike and an own goal by hapless defender Ramon Vega.David Beckham came off the bench to grab the winner against Southampton to ensure United remained in the driving seat and despite a lacklustre goalless draw to Leicester at Filbert Street, they managed a third straight clean sheet.…

Smith was made vice-captain for the 2009-10 season, but captained the team in almost every game due to Chris Hughton's preference of Smith to first choice captain Nicky Butt.Smith has been a regular feature, but in a much deeper role acting as a central defensive midfielder.…

Scholes was particularly impressive, scoring five goals in 17 games.Having made a handful of appearances between them in the previous two seasons, Gary Neville, David Beckham and Nicky Butt all made more regular appearances for United during 1994-95.…

By this stage, he was their joint second longest serving player behind Ryan Giggs (having joined them at the same time as Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes).

To compound the misery midfielder Nicky Butt, who had been sent off in the Champions League match earlier in the week, was handed a second red card in the space of four days after a lunge on French international Patrick Vieira.United ended the month with a win, beating rivals Liverpool 2-0 to move into fifth spot.…

Argyle striker Rory Fallon forced a good save from Tim Krul before the visitors had chances of their own, the majority of which went to Fabrice Pancrate.Newcastle looked likely to win the game late on but were denied by goalkeeper Romain Larrieu, who tipped a looping volley from Nicky Butt over the crossbar.The match saw the return of Chris Barker to the Argyle defence after a lengthy spell on the sidelines because of injury, and manager Paul Mariner was full of praise for his performance.…

They could not add to their one-goal advantage, despite West Brom having to play with ten men with Derek McInnes being sent off for two bookings, the second for a foul on Nicky Butt in the 64th minute, but held on to begin the season with victory.